Subsequent updates of MintSystem revert the changes to /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree.xml as expected so a more permanent solution might be to simply replace the default image. Then again, another update may also replace the images in /usr/share/backgrounds though I'd wager it's less likely to occur (if at all) than a MintSystem update.

Just a quick FYI

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Last edited by nandemonai on Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I've been trying to correct this for a while, as I don't want to be looking at a corporate logo when I go to my computer (even linux mint, which I love).If you're using LM 13 with MATE, go to /usr/share/backgrounds/linuxmint, and replace default_background.jpg with your own selection. Will have to gksu cp your_selection.jpg default_background.jpg. Solved it for me...